German Peasant Revolt

German Peasant Revolt

Peace of Augsburg

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• The German peasant revolt started in 1524
• It was mostly in southern and western cental areas

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• Burghers were middle class citzens who held adminstrative positions.
• Upper-class exploded plebeians and peasants and thought that if they were equal it would be dangerous

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• Peasants and Plebeians in Germany listed articles outling their complaints
• The financial shortages of the Hapsburgs worked as an advantage for the peasant armies

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• Hans Muller and the 1200 peasant follower marched to a nearby town called St. Bartholmew
• Peasants were asked to lay down their armies and in return earned forgiveness

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• The peasants were reduced to a tolerant level
• The gospel could now be taught without infulence from the old church by electing their own pastors

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• Luther was already a heretic by 1521
• Luther witnessing the whispered effects of revlution

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• The swabian league is the day fo protestant refomation would unite all classes
• The ties of economic was a strenghterned and itghet social magistral controls the dependace